I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 276 Where is that hotpot smell coming from? (Additional leave request 12)

On the stone platform, Li Yan first poured Yibao into a large pot on the other side, then lit a few pieces of solid alcohol to start burning it.

"Once the water boils, put the hot pot base in."

He pointed to several boxes of hot pot base on the floor mat.

Mei Mengqian nodded, while Yu Qingya looked at the small burning flame and the pot on the shelf that was bigger than her face.

There was only half a pot of water that had just been poured in, and I was a little worried.

"Will it boil? Will it take a long time?"

"No, this is super alcohol, and the flame temperature is the same as that of a gas stove at home."

Li Yan simply pointed to the not-so-intense flames under the hot pot stand, and a wisp of spiritual energy pierced through his body and disappeared into the flames.

Soon, to Yu Qingya and Yu Bing's astonishment, the small flame spread rapidly, engulfing the entire bottom of the pot in the blink of an eye.

Yu Bing touched her face and felt it was hot.

"Wow, amazing! Qingya, Mengmeng, can you feel the heat of the flames on your faces?"

“No,” Yu Qingya said, puzzled. “But the fire has indeed gotten bigger.”

"I do not have either."

Yu Bing touched her face again, feeling that it was warm.
"How could there not be!"

Li Yan sat on a raised stone stool that had been moved over from the stone platform. He could see Yu Bing's neck when he looked up, and he raised his head slightly.

Is it possible?

The three were drawn in by his words and also by the fluid movements of his hands as he handled the ingredients.

"What could it be?" A hint of wariness flashed in Yu Bing's eyes.

She knew that Li Yan was just like Zhu Zhu; there was a reason why the two of them could become childhood sweethearts!

"It's probably because of the altitude."

Yu Bing was taken aback, wondering what this had to do with altitude. Even if the temperature was going to drop, there was still a difference in altitude.
The sudden sound of Mei Mengqian and Yu Qingya's soft laughter made Yu Bing's face immediately harden.

"No, it's just that my senses are more acute!"

Yu Bing looked at Li Yan and realized that she was standing at about the same height as him.

She immediately sat down, picked up a baby bok choy, and began to peel it.

"Mengmeng, let's have a race to see who can peel it the fastest!"

The attempt to change the subject was a little awkward, but Mei Mengqian still accepted her invitation.

Li Yan took the blanched broccoli out of the small electric cooker, poured out the water, and then heated the pan and added oil.

I took a bag of steaks out of Yu Bing's backpack, glanced at it, and saw that they were sirloin steaks. They had been thawed after so long.

In fact, most of the ingredients they prepared were for hot pot.

Only the steak needs to be pan-fried, and then there's the braised pork that Lin Yufan has freshly prepared in a sealed bag; it just needs to be heated up later.

Gulu gulu~
As soon as the hot pot water boiled, Mei Mengqian immediately put the hot pot base in.

All seven of them like spicy food, but they don't think this kind of popular hot pot broth is spicy.

This is how Mei Mengqian and others see it.

Therefore, she also brought chili powder.

After adding the seasonings, the fiery red broth gradually began to bubble, and Jiang Yingzhu and Lin Aoshuang each brought up a large bottle of Yibao (a popular Chinese herbal tea brand).

"smell good."

Jiang Yingzhu took a few steps forward, put the water down, and took a deep breath.

"Wash the vegetables, let's get started!"

"I'll wash it," Lin Aoshuang said. She hadn't expected that the water shortage was really just a little bit.

One bottle is used to wash vegetables, and the other is used to wash pots after meals.

Li Yan felt that Teacher Lin was being too polite. If it were Li Ping, he would have just called out and submitted the proposal directly.

"The steak is ready, who wants it first?"

Li Yan placed a plate of steak on the floor mat.

Even a small steak, no bigger than the palm of your hand, is still edible without a knife and fork.

Moreover, it has now been divided into segments by Li Yan.

"Why don't you eat first?" Lin Yufan glanced at Li Yan and put the washed shiitake mushrooms into the hot pot.

"I want to keep making it, but how am I supposed to eat it?"

"Let Mengmeng feed you." Yu Qingya chuckled.

Mei Mengqian exclaimed "Ah!" a little embarrassed, since Teacher Lin was still there.

Lin Aoshuang pretended not to hear. Noticing the gazes of Jiang Yingzhu and the others, Mei Mengqian lowered her eyes and nodded.

"Okay then."

Mei Mengqian picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of steak, and held it to Li Yan's lips.

"Mengmeng, feed Li Yan! Let's not just sit around, we can eat now!"

Jiang Yingzhu glanced at it and then stopped looking. Instead, she called out to Li Yan, first scooping out a mutton roll with her chopsticks and bringing it to his mouth.

"Hey, I didn't mean to give it to you, but I'm giving it to you because you worked hard."

Yu Qingya blinked, looked at the two pieces of food near Li Yan's mouth, and quietly grabbed Lin Yufan's hand, very excited.

Yu Bing blinked and looked over, and even Lin Aoshuang looked over.

This classmate seems to have a special relationship with these two female classmates.

This wasn't the first time Li Yan had experienced something like this. He opened his mouth wide and swallowed all the meat on their chopsticks at once.

While chewing, he raised an eyebrow at the ice.

"How about it, I'm awesome!"

"Tch!" The elementary school student, who had just been indirectly accused of being short, didn't give him any face and snorted.

"I can do that too. I can even eat a whole steak in one bite. Just don't cut it for me later."

"Sure, young people have good teeth."

Li Yan gave a thumbs up, readily accepting good advice.

The group ate and chatted, with Mei Mengqian and Jiang Yingzhu occasionally feeding Li Yan a piece of food with their chopsticks.

With someone feeding him, Li Yan immediately stopped rushing and began to enjoy the moment.

A mountain breeze swept by, scattering the smoke from the cooking pot.

At the foot of the mountain, Hu Die was eating bread, with her boyfriend from Class 5 beside her.

"Where's that hot pot smell coming from?"

Hu Die sniffed and looked in the direction the smell was coming from. She could vaguely see Li Yan and a few others sitting on a platform.

After taking another bite of bread, Hu Die frowned.

Just then, Zhang Wei's exclamation came from the steps ahead.

"Wow, Yu Qingya and the class representative are having hot pot on the mountain!"

"Bin-ge, let's skip ranked matches and join a game instead!"

Zhang Wei shook his aching fingers, and only when he smelled the aroma did he finally remember that he hadn't eaten.

"I only brought a bag of Oreos, it's not something a human could eat!"

"That's not a good idea, everyone's gathered together," Ma Liang said.

"What's wrong with that?" Yu Bin was also hungry, so he took out his phone and opened the porn app that was available throughout the city.

"Let's go, I have a way to get involved."

"Let's go, let's go." Xiao Shuai nodded.

Hu Die was also a little tempted. She looked at her boyfriend and threw the bread in her hand on the ground.

"Brother, I don't want to eat bread, I want to eat hot pot."

"Butterfly, this is a croissant. You said this morning that it was your favorite."

Wu Chang from Class 6 glanced at the bread on the ground and felt a little annoyed.

"I don't care, I just want to eat hot pot, otherwise don't touch me!"

This woman has bought her so many things, including KFC breakfast, designer bread, bags, and cosmetics.

After all this time, I've only managed to hold hands and hug him. And now this mess.

"What's so great about hot pot? And where am I supposed to get it with you right now!"

"Those people who set up hot pot restaurants here are wasting their time and effort. It might smell good, but they can't actually eat any!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Die pursed her lips, casually picked up a twig from the ground, and handed it to him.

"I'll give you a week to make this branch grow, or we're breaking up."

Watching Hu Die walk away, Wu Chang immediately burst into a tirade of curses.

"Damn it! You're a penniless bastard! Eating hot pot in the open air like this, a bunch of people shivering and scraping together money, probably not even getting a single piece of meat, you idiot!"

Xiao Shuai and his group happened to be passing by. Upon hearing this, they frowned. Ma Liang wanted to argue, but Yu Bin stopped him.

"Ignore this kind of person. It's obvious that nobody likes to hang out with him; he'll always be alone."

"Damn it, what did Nitoma say? Say it again!"

(End of this chapter)